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The transatlantic slave trade : the forced migration of Africans to America (1607-1830) / Richard Alexander.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Spotlight on immigration and migrationPublisher: New York : PowerKids Press, 2016Description: 24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781508141006
  • 1508141002
  • 9781508141037
  • 1508141037
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The start of the slave trade -- Slavery comes to Jamestown -- Leaving Africa -- The Middle Passage -- Sold and separated -- Plantation life -- Searching for comfort -- The growth of slavery -- A new culture -- The end of slavery.
Summary: In this book, readers learn that not all people who came to America from foreign countries did so seeking a better life. Some came to this country as slaves. The transatlantic slave trade brought Africans to America in chains for over two hundred years.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 306.362 A377 Available 33111008588960
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 306.362 A377 Available 33111008787604
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Not all people who came to America from foreign countries did so seeking a better life. Some came to this country as slaves. The transatlantic slave trade brought Africans to America in chains for over two hundred years. Readers learn important facts about the transatlantic slave trade, which is an essential topic in social studies curricula. Historical images and primary sources help give readers a sense of what happened to slaves on the journey to America as well as what happened once they were put to work in this country.

Includes bibliographical references (page 24) and index.

The start of the slave trade -- Slavery comes to Jamestown -- Leaving Africa -- The Middle Passage -- Sold and separated -- Plantation life -- Searching for comfort -- The growth of slavery -- A new culture -- The end of slavery.

In this book, readers learn that not all people who came to America from foreign countries did so seeking a better life. Some came to this country as slaves. The transatlantic slave trade brought Africans to America in chains for over two hundred years.

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